CPR

Phases of Cardiac Arrest

Epidemiology

Treatment

Highlights of the 2015 AHA Guidelines can be found here.  

AHA Post cardiac arrest care guidelines (Topjian AA et al 2019)

     2.Postresuscitation

From: What Works in Paediatric CPR (Skellet et al, Intensive Care Medicine 2018)

Courtesy of Richard Pierce, MD

Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (ECPR)

References

CPR Didactic (Kevin Kuo)

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